Thank you so much for your help, your good service is greatly appreciated. I went through and did the things you told me to do and so far everything is back to normal. I'll post again if anything comes up, but as of now things seem to be working fine. Again, thank you very much. It's amazing that there's actually someone out there who cares enough about this sort of thing to offer so much help. I really appreciate it.

Log looks good.
Glad it went well. I like it when sleezeware dies quick!

Just a few suggestions....

Looks like the hijack mucked up your google toolbar. I would just re-install it. Those (file missing) entries will go away.

A couple apps you can disable from startup to improve overall performance and quicken bootup time:
The following fixes are optional but recommended:
You can access them in your startup menu when needed.

IE-Spyad <--this puts several thousand sites in restricted zone for IE. If you happen on a site within its list they can't hijack you or install anything.
Program is free and updated about once a month.

Please follow readme instructions for install...it is a little different.

Single user XP PC use IE-Spyad1
Multi user XP PC use IE-Spyad2
All other OS use IE-Spyad1

Spywareblaster <--this prog blocks known bad active x controls, many tracking cookies and puts more sites in restricted zone.
Install> update> enable all protection.
Updates are about once a month and is free.

Spywareguard This program watches for any changes to your home/search pages for IE. If something (including you) tries to make changes, you will be alerted with a popup giving you the option to keep change or revert to previous settings.
Install> update. It should prompt you to start the program
Takses little resorces and is also free.

Using a hosts file will greatly increase security. Many of those flashy annoying ads on websites will not display and it blocks access to thousands of sites entirely.